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Deadline already told you that a Scream sequel is happening with directors Radio Silence (Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett) returning and James Vanderbilt & Guy Busick co-writing the screenplay. Today Spyglass Media and Paramount made it known to no surprise that the franchise’s new generation of actors are…

EXCLUSIVE: Nosotros and Comcast NBCUniversal have announced Jorge J. Calderon and Jared Trevino are the winners of its 3rd annual Ya Tu Sabes Monologue Slam. The competition showcases a diverse group of Latinx writers and actors with original monologues and performances from different perspectives of the Latinx/e…

EXCLUSIVE: STXfilms has acquired worldwide rights to Bed Rest, a supernatural thriller to star In the Heights’ Melissa Barrera for writer-director Lori Evans Taylor, who will make her directorial debut. After years of struggling to start a family, Julie Rivers (Barrera) is pregnant again and moving into a new home…

Melissa Barrera (Vida, In the Heights) is set as the lead of Breathe, Netflix’s one-hour drama series from Blindspot creator Martin Gero and writer-executive producer Brendan Gall, and Warner Bros. Television. In Breathe, written by Gero and Gall, when a small plane crashes in the middle of the Canadian wilderness, a…

"I would love to know Vida has been the entry point to so many people, because I think we built it right," says Tanya Saracho of the Latinx series she created that begins its third and final season tonight on Starz at 9 PM ET/6 PM PT. "You know, my big motto is no stories about us without us," the showrunner adds of…

EXCLUSIVE: WME has signed rising Mexican actress and singer Melissa Barrera, co-lead in Starz Original series Vida, for representation in all areas. Barrera, who was until recently with UTA, stars as Lyn in the well-received woke Latinx comedy Vida, which was recently renewed for a third season. On the film side, she…

There aren’t many Latinx-fronted series on television, but Starz’s Vida is here to pave the way for more shows of the same ilk. Although the series set in East L.A. focuses on the Latinx experience, with Latinx stars in front of and behind the camera, it has become a universal story to which all can relate. Stars…

Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter announced additional cast members for the feature adaptation of his Tony-winning musical In The Heights from Crazy Rich Asians director Jon M. Chu. Joining Corey Hawkins, who was previously announced as Benny and Anthony Ramos, who plays Usnavi, is singer/songwriter Leslie Grace as Nina…

Vida stars Melissa Barrera and Mishel Prada were surprised at the fan reaction they received during Season 1 of their Starz Latinx drama series. And as the GLAAD Award-winning series gets ready to drop all 10 episodes of its sophomore season come May 23, the pair and series creator Tanya Saracho teased audiences about…

“What is Lyn looking for,” a TV critic at TCA wondered of Melissa Barrera’s character in Starz’s Vida Season 2 “You get to see her trying hard to be useful and have a purpose now that the sisters have decided to stay and get this bar back up from the ashes and running,” Barrera said. “She is trying hard to make…

Starz’s new Latinx drama Vida has been getting tons of buzz since its release. So much so that the cabler has decided to make the premiere episode available to everyone. Starz announced today that the first episode will be available on Starz.com, the Starz YouTube channel, the Vida Facebook page as well as the popular…

The forthcoming Starz drama Vida continues the evolving landscape of television when it comes to inclusive stories. Showrunner Tanya Saracho was joined on stage at Contenders by the show’s stars Melissa Barrera, Mishel Prada, Ser Anzoategui, and Chelsea Rendon to talk about a queer narrative that puts East L.A. in a…